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The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to artists working in the motion picture industry. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion The Best Picture category is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible not only to vote on the final ballot, but also to nominate. During the annual Academy Awards ceremony, Best Picture is reserved as the final award presented and is usually collected at the podium by the film's producers and director. However, only the producers are officially credited with receiving the award. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is universally considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it is the final result of the collaborative producing, directing, acting, and writing efforts put forth for a film. The Grand Staircase columns at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception 80 years ago. The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail dining and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

History

At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony (for 1927 and 1928), there was no Best Picture award. The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Instead, there were two separate awards, one called Most Outstanding Production, won by the epic Wings, and one called Most Artistic Quality of Production, won by the art film Sunrise. Wings ( is a silent movie about World War I fighter pilots directed by William A The Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production has also been known as “Best Artistic Quality of Production Sunrise A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is an American Film from 1927 directed by F The awards were intended to honor different and equally important aspects of superior filmmaking, and in fact the judges and the studio bosses who sought to influence their decisions paid more attention to the latter - MGM head Louis B. Mayer, who had disliked the realism of King Vidor's The Crowd, pressured the judges not to honor his own studio's film, and to select Sunrise instead. Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir July 4, 1884 &ndash October 29, 1957) was an early Film producer, most King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career The Crowd is an American Silent film released in 1928 and directed by King Vidor. The next year, the Academy instituted a single award called Best Production, and decided retrospectively that the award won by Wings had been the equivalent of that award, with the result that Wings is often erroneously listed as the winner of a sole Best Picture award for the first year. The title of the award was eventually changed to Best Picture for the 1931 awards.

Since 1944, the Academy has restricted nominations to five Best Picture nominees per year. As of the 80th Academy Awards ceremony (for 2007), there have been 463 films nominated for the Best Picture award. The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California on ABC 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, Throughout the past 80 years, AMPAS has presented a total of 80 Best Picture awards. Invariably, the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been very closely linked throughout their history. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Of the 80 films that have been awarded Best Picture, 59 have also been awarded Best Director. [1] Only three films have won Best Picture without their directors being nominated (though only one since the early 1930s): Wings (1927/28), Grand Hotel (1931/32), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Wings ( is a silent movie about World War I fighter pilots directed by William A Grand Hotel is a 1932 MGM Pre-Code Art Deco Film that won the Best Picture Oscar. Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same title for Warner Brothers. The only two Best Director winners to win for films which did not receive a Best Picture nomination are likewise in the early years: Lewis Milestone (1927/28) and Frank Lloyd (1928/29). Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) ( September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an Academy Award -winning motion picture For the Australian actor see Frank Lloyd (actor. For the French horn player see Frank Lloyd (horn player.

A point of contention is the lack of consideration of non-English language films for categories other than Best Foreign Language Film. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U Very few foreign language films have been nominated for any other categories, regardless of artistic merit. To date, only eight foreign language films have been nominated for Best Picture: Grand Illusion (French, 1938); Z (French, 1969); The Emigrants (Swedish, 1972); Cries and Whispers (Swedish, 1973); Il Postino (Italian/Spanish, 1995); Life Is Beautiful (Italian, 1998); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); and Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese, 2006). Grand Illusion (French La Grande Illusion) is a 1937 war Film directed by Jean Renoir (1894–1979 the son of artist Pierre-Auguste Z is a 1969 French language political thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Semprún, based on The Emigrants ( Swedish: Utvandrarna) is a 1971 Film directed by Jan Troell. Cries and Whispers ( Viskningar och rop) is a 1973 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed torn between fearing Il Postino is a 1994 Italian language film directed by Michael Radford. Life Is Beautiful (Italian La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ( is a Chinese-language Film in the Wuxia ( chivalric and martial arts) style Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan is a 2006 War film directed by Clint Eastwood whose cast includes Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya.

No Best Picture winner is lost, though a few such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Lawrence of Arabia exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form, usually having been edited for reissue (and subsequently partly restored by archivists). A lost film is a Feature film or Short film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections All Quiet on the Western Front is a War film based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name. Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 Epic film based on the life of T Other winners and nominees such as Tom Jones and Star Wars are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. Tom Jones is a 1963 British Comedy film. It is an adaptation of Henry Fielding 's classic novel The History of Tom Jones a Foundling Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded The 1928 film The Patriot is the only Best Picture nominee that is lost; The Racket was believed lost for many years but a print existed in producer Howard Hughes' archives and it has since been shown on Turner Classic Movies. The Patriot is a semi- Biographical film that was released in 1928. The Racket is an Academy Award -nominated 1928 American Crime film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner

Winners and nominees

In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Except for the early years (when the Academy used a non-calendar year), the year shown is the one in which the film first premiered in Los Angeles County, California; normally this is also the year of first release, but it may be the year after first release (as with Casablanca and, if the film-festival premiere is considered, Crash). Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Casablanca ( is an American Romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Crash is a 2005 Drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004 and was released This is the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Picture Oscar, awarded in 2006. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc. ) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony. Brackets are Punctuation marks used in pairs to set apart or interject text within other text Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of Performing arts, Film, Radio or a Television program A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. For foreign language films, the original title is also shown. Until 1950, the Best Picture award was given to the production company; from 1951 on, it has gone to the producer. The official name of the award has changed several times over the years:


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1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

From 1951 on, the individual producer (rather than the production company) receives this award. Henry Blanke (b December 30, 1901 - May 28, 1981) was mainly a producer but also assistant director supervisor writer and production Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 22nd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1949 All the King's Men is a 1949 drama Film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. Robert Rossen ( March 16, 1908 &ndash February 18, 1966) was an American Screenwriter, Film director, and Battleground is a War film that tells the story of the 3rd platoon of Item Company 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Isidore 'Dore' Schary ( August 31, 1905, Newark New Jersey - July 7, 1980, New York City) was an American motion picture The Heiress is a 1949 American Drama film directed by William Wyler. William Wyler ( July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a four-time Academy Award -winning motion picture director A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women telling them she has left town with the husband of one of Sol C Siegel (1903 - 1982 was an American Reporter and producer. Twelve O'Clock High is a War film about crews of the United States Army 's Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Darryl Francis Zanuck ( September 5, 1902 &ndash December 22, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning producer, Writer Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1950 All About Eve is a Drama film, written and directed by Joseph L Darryl Francis Zanuck ( September 5, 1902 &ndash December 22, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning producer, Writer For the 1993 remake see Born Yesterday (1993 film Born Yesterday is a 1950 film directed by George S Sylvan Simon ( March 9, 1910 - May 17, 1951) was an American stage / Film director and producer Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter Pandro Samuel Berman ( March 28, 1905 &ndash July 13, 1996) known as Pandro S King Solomon's Mines ( 1950) is an Adventure film loosely based of the 1885 novel by the same name by Henry Rider Haggard Sam Zimbalist (1904 – 1958 was an American Film producer. He began his career at 16 as a Film cutter at Metro Studios. Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named Charles Brackett ( November 26, 1892 - March 9, 1969) was an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Film producer

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Milestones

Annual
 Year
 Film
 Awards
 Nom's
 Milestone
1st 1927 / 1928 Wings 2 2 the first (and only) silent film to win Best Picture
1st 1927 / 1928 Wings 2 2 the first war film to win Best Picture
1st 1927 / 1928 Wings 2 2 the first film to win Best Picture and every other nomination it received
1st 1927 / 1928 Wings 2 2 the first film to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director
1st 1927 / 1928 Wings 2 2 the first film to win Best Picture without receiving any acting nominations
2nd 1928 / 1929 The Broadway Melody 1 3 the first sound film to win Best Picture
2nd 1928 / 1929 The Broadway Melody 1 3 the first musical to win Best Picture
2nd 1928 / 1929 The Broadway Melody 1 3 the first film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards
4th 1930 / 1931 Cimarron 3 7 the first film to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture
4th 1930 / 1931 Cimarron 3 7 the first Western to win Best Picture
5th 1931 / 1932 Grand Hotel 1 1 the first (and only) film to win Best Picture without receiving any other nominations
6th 1932 / 1933 She Done Him Wrong 0 1 the shortest film to be nominated for Best Picture (1 hour 6 minutes)
6th 1932 / 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII 1 2 the first foreign film to be nominated for Best Picture and to win any Academy Award (British)
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 the first of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 the first Best Picture nominee to win both Best Actor and Best Actress
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 the first Best Picture winner to win both Best Actor and Best Actress
7th 1934 It Happened One Night 5 5 the first comedy to win Best Picture
8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1 8 the first remake to win Best Picture
8th 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty 1 8 the last film to date to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards
10th 1937 The Life of Emile Zola 3 10 the first biographical picture (biopic) to win Best Picture
11th 1938 Grand Illusion 0 1 the first foreign language film to be nominated for Best Picture (French)
12th 1939 The Wizard of Oz 2 6 the first children's film to be nominated for Best Picture
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind 8 13 the longest film to win Best Picture (3 hours 54 minutes)
12th 1939 Gone with the Wind 8 13 the first all-color film to win Best Picture
13th 1940 Rebecca 2 11 the first (and only) thriller to win Best Picture
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 6 12 the first Best Picture nominee to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories
15th 1942 Mrs. Miniver 6 12 the first Best Picture winner to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories
18th 1945 The Bells of St. Mary's 1 8 the first sequel to be nominated for Best Picture
18th 1945 The Lost Weekend 4 7 the first of only two films to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or
21st 1948 Hamlet 4 7 the first foreign film to win Best Picture (British)
23rd 1950 All About Eve 6 14 the first of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture
26th 1953 From Here to Eternity 8 13 the last Best Picture winner to date to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories
28th 1955 Marty 4 8 the second of only two films to win both Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or
28th 1955 Marty 4 8 the shortest film to win Best Picture (1 hour 31 minutes)
28th 1955 Marty 4 8 the first (and only) film based on a television movie or mini-series to win Best Picture
29th 1956 Around the World in Eighty Days 5 8 the first film to win Best Picture in a year when all nominees were filmed in color
32nd 1959 Ben-Hur 11 12 the first of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
33rd 1960 The Apartment 5 10 the last black-and-white film before 1993 to win Best Picture
39th 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 5 13 the first (and only) Best Picture nominee to be nominated for every award category in which it was eligible
40th 1967 In the Heat of the Night 5 7 the first (and only) mystery to win Best Picture
41st 1968 Oliver! 6 12 the first (and only) G-rated film to win Best Picture
42nd 1969 Midnight Cowboy 3 7 the first (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture
42nd 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1 9 the first (and only) film to receive the most nominations ever (9) without being nominated for Best Picture
43rd 1970 Patton 7 10 the first PG-rated film to win Best Picture
44th 1971 A Clockwork Orange 0 4 the last X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture
44th 1971 The French Connection 5 8 the first R-rated film to win Best Picture
45th 1972 Cabaret 8 10 the Best Picture nominee to win the most Academy Awards (8) without winning Best Picture
46th 1973 The Exorcist 2 10 the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
47th 1974 The Godfather Part II 6 11 the first sequel to win Best Picture
48th 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 5 9 the second of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture
49th 1976 Rocky 3 10 the first sports film to win Best Picture
50th 1977 The Turning Point 0 11 the first of only two Best Picture nominees to receive the most nominations (11) without winning any Academy Awards
54th 1981 Reds 3 12 the last Best Picture nominee to date to receive nominations in all of the four acting categories
58th 1985 The Color Purple 0 11 the second of only two Best Picture nominees to receive the most nominations (11) without winning any Academy Awards
60th 1987 The Last Emperor 9 9 the first PG-13-rated film to win Best Picture
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 4 9 the last film to date to win Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director
62nd 1989 Driving Miss Daisy 4 9 the last film to date to win Best Picture with a PG-rating or lower
63rd 1990 The Godfather Part III 0 7 the first of only two trilogies to have all three films nominated for Best Picture
64th 1991 Beauty and the Beast 2 6 the first (and only) animated film to be nominated for Best Picture
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 5 7 the third of only three films to win every major Academy Award, including Best Picture
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 5 7 the last Best Picture winner to date to win both Best Actor and Best Actress
64th 1991 The Silence of the Lambs 5 7 the first (and only) horror film to win Best Picture
66th 1993 Schindler's List 7 12 the first black-and-white film after 1960 to win Best Picture
66th 1993 The Fugitive 1 7 the first (and only) film based on a television series to be nominated for Best Picture
70th 1997 As Good As It Gets 2 7 the last Best Picture nominee to date to win both Best Actor and Best Actress
70th 1997 Titanic 11 14 the second of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture
70th 1997 Titanic 11 14 the second of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
70th 1997 Titanic 11 14 the first Best Picture winner to be produced, directed, written, and edited by the same person (James Cameron)
71st 1998 Shakespeare in Love 7 13 the last comedy film to date to win Best Picture
73rd 2000 Traffic 4 5 the last film to date based on a television movie or mini-series to be nominated for Best Picture
75th 2002 Hustle and Flow 6 13 the last musical to date to not win Best Picture
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 the second of only two trilogies to have all three films nominated for Best Picture
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 the third of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 the last film to date to win Best Picture and every other nomination it received
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 the last film to date to win Best Picture without receiving any acting nominations
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 the first (and only) fantasy film to win Best Picture
76th 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11 11 the first (and only) threequel to win Best Picture
77th 2004 Million Dollar Baby 4 7 the last film to date to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture
78th 2005 Crash 3 6 the first (and only) film festival acquisition to win Best Picture
78th 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. 0 6 the last black-and-white film to date to be nominated for Best Picture
79th 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima 1 4 the last foreign language film to date to be nominated for Best Picture (Japanese)
79th 2006 Dreamgirls 2 8 the first (and only) film to receive the most nominations in its qualifying year (8) without being nominated for Best Picture
79th 2006 The Departed 4 5 the first (and only) remake of a foreign film to win Best Picture
80th 2007 No Country For Old Men 4 8 the first (and only) film to Gross under $2,000,000 in its opening weekend on the 2000 decade to win Best Picture

Superlatives

Category Film Superlative
Most Awards and Nominations
(combined total)		 Titanic 25 awards and nominations
Most Awards Ben-Hur, Titanic, and
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		 11 awards
Most Nominations All About Eve and Titanic 14 nominations
Longest Winner Gone with the Wind 3 hours 54 minutes
Longest Nominee Cleopatra 4 hours 2 minutes
Shortest Winner Marty 1 hour 31 minutes
Shortest Nominee She Done Him Wrong 1 hour 6 minutes

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